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FAMILY HISTORY or HENRY KEPPEL. 



II (F F F M F), Adam van der Duyn, governor of 

 Bergen op Zoom, and a major general in the Dutch service. 



I 3 (F F M F F), Charles II, king of England. I 4 (F F 

 M F M), Louise de KeYoualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 

 mistress of Charles II; a woman of great cleverness and 

 strength of will. 



II 1 (M F M F), Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes. 



II 2 (M F M M), Catherine Tufton. Fraternity of M F 

 MM: II 3, Lady Margaret Tufton, haughty and ruled 

 her household with a rod of iron. II 4, Thomas Coke, 

 Earl of Leicester (born 1697), "achieved celebrity for his 

 fine taste in art and literature," but was passionate and 

 cruel. II 5 (F F F F), Arnold Joost van Keppel (born in 

 Holland, 1670), attended King William into England, 

 1688; he was created Baron Ashford and Earl of Albe- 

 marle. He returned to Holland, where he became com- 

 mander in chief of the Dutch army. High-spirited. II 

 6 (F F F M), Gertrude van der Duyn. II 7 (F F M F), 

 Charles Lennox, first Duke of Richmond (1672-1723). 



II 8 (F F M M), Anne Brudenel. 



III 1 (M F F), Edward Southwell, Viscount Sondes. 



III 2 (M F M), Catherine Watson died 1765. Ill 3 (M 

 M F), Samuel Campbell. Ill 5, Edward Coke (1719- 

 1753), led a life of debauchery, extravagance, and excess, 

 and died from his excesses. Ill 6 (F M F), Sir John 

 Miller of Hants. Ill 8 (F F F), William Anne Keppel, 

 second Earl of Albemarle (1702-1754) at the age of 15 

 was appointed to the rank of a lieutenant colonel in the 

 army. In 1748 he was made commander in chief of the 

 British forces serving in the Low Countries. In 1749 he 

 was appointed ambassador at Paris and remained at this 

 post until his death. Ill 9 (F F M), Lady Anne Lennox. 

 Fraternity of F F M: III 10, Charles Lennox, second Duke 

 of Richmond (1701-1750), was a "soldier of 

 distinction." Ill 11, Lady Sarah Cadogan. 



III 12, John Russell, fourth Duke of Bed- 

 ford (1710-1771), first lord of the admiralty 

 and secretary of state for the southern 

 department. 



IV 1 (M F), Sir Edward Southwell, 

 Baron de Clifford (1732-1777), was sheriff of 

 the county of Gloucester and member of Par- 

 liament. IV 2 (MM), Sophia Campbell 

 (died 1828). She was governess to Princess 

 Charlotte of Wales. She was a very intelli- 

 gent, lively woman, full of anecdote, and of 

 great personal courage, who when over 80 

 discharged her pistols at thieves climbing 

 over the garden wall. Fraternity of F M: 



IV 5 (F M), Anne Miller, was a formal, not 

 very good-tempered woman who was "not 

 attractive to her grandchildren." IV 6 (F F), 

 George Keppel, the third Earl of Albemarle 

 (1724-1772), served in the army under the 

 Duke of Cumberland at Fontenoy and Cul- 

 loden and carried dispatches of the victory of 

 Culloden to the king. He was commander 

 in chief of the celebrated Cuban expedition at 

 the reduction of Havana in 1762 and was 

 created K. G. in 1765 in recognition of his 

 services. Fraternity of F F: IV 7, Augustus 

 Keppel (1725-1784), went to sea at 10 years 

 of age and circumnavigated the globe at 15; 



